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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — South Berwick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5744 will hold a spaghetti supper from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the South Berwick Community Center on Norton Street. Cost is $8 for adults; children 10 and under are admitted at no charge. Cost for seniors and students is $7. The supper benefits troop support and community scholarships.

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Posted Mar. 10, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — South Berwick Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5744 will hold a spaghetti supper from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the South Berwick Community Center on Norton Street. Cost is $8 for adults; children 10 and under are admitted at no charge. Cost for seniors and students is $7. The supper benefits troop support and community scholarships.

YORK, Maine — York High School's Wee Wildcats nursery school is accepting applications for this year's two-month nursery school program.

The teachers of this class are York High School students under the guidance of Mary Trigge, family and consumer science teacher. The class meets twice a week from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Cost is $1 for each session attended. The students base each week's activities around a children's book that they have selected. Outside activities, art and crafts, snack, reading stories are included in the program.

For information, e-mail Trig

ge at mtrigge@yorkschools.org or call (207) 363-3621. An application can be obtained at York High School's Web site.

KITTERY, Maine — The Rotary Club of Kittery and the Kittery Rotary "After Hours" Club will hold a free spaghetti dinner from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at the Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Road. Sign up at the community center or call Dave Gooch at (207) 439-4977 by March 20 so the clubs can plan the food.

KITTERY, Maine — Join Kittery's own Randy Price for a free lecture titled "My Career In Broadcast Journalism," from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in the Star Theatre at Kittery Community Center.

Price is co-anchor of WCVB-TV's "EyeOpener," an early-morning New England newscast. He joined WCVB-TB Channel 5 in June 2009, and also contributes to breaking news stories and major event coverage for NewsCenter 5 and TheBostonChannel.com.

During his career, Price has been honored with numerous humanitarian and professional awards, among them the broadcast industry's highest honor: a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast in Boston.

For information, call the Kittery Community Center at (207) 439-3800 or visit www.kitterycommunitycenter.org.

KITTERY, Maine — The film "Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?" will be shown at the Kittery Community Center at 7 p.m. Friday, March 14.

The film highlights the problems with the global bee crisis and addresses possible solutions for renewing a culture in balance with nature. The film is being sponsored by Traip Academy. Traip is embarking on an eco-literacy and sustainability education program. This movie night is an opportunity to learn about how the school is applying ideas presented in the film as it sets out to integrate ecology and permaculture design into classes and community programs.

After the film will be time for questions and discussions. The event is free and open to the public.

KITTERY, Maine — The planning committee for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in October would like to fill current openings.

Volunteers are needed to organize and recruit teams, seek community support, coordinate logistics, find refreshments and prizes, plan entertainment and lend their support in any way.

The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K Walk in Kittery will be held Oct. 6 at Tanger Outlets on Route 1. To find out more about the planning committee, to sign up to participate or learn about other volunteer opportunities, call Mike Jostes at (207) 373-3719, e-mail Mike.Jostes@cancer.org or visit www.cancer.org/stridesonline.